Opus Dei

For May 2018, the Holy Father Pope Francis requests us to pray that the lay faithful may fulfil their specific mission, by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.

Rejoice and be glad a short video summary (2'36''). On April 9 the Vatican released the latest Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Francis: Gaudete et exsultate: On the call to holiness in today’s world.

"Baptism gives us strength for our daily struggle, even the struggle against the devil who like a lion tries to devour us," Pope Francis said in his April 25 general audience.

"After praying for the poor, the children made 200 sandwiches twice, with care and generosity." An outreach towards the poor, inspired by "Laudato Si."

Pope Francis has written at length about the universal call to holiness in the Church: "to that perfect holiness by which the Father himself is perfect.”

At the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's square, Pope Francis greeted the 2,500 students taking part in the UNIV congress and gave them some advice.

On Palm Sunday, those taking part in UNIV this year attended the Pope's Mass in Saint Peter's square. With the Pope's homily and link to the final document from the Pre-Synodal Meeting for the upcoming synod on young people.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the UNIV encounters in Rome, Pope Francis has written a letter to the university students taking part.

In his monthly prayer intention for March 2018, Pope Francis has focused on spiritual discernment: the ability to single out among all voices, which is the voice of the Lord, that leads us to the Resurrection and to Life, and away from the "culture of death".

University students from various countries read Pope Francis' "Letter to Young People" about the upcoming synod of bishops on "Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment."​